Chinese Super Micro 'spy chip' story gets even more strange as everyone doubles down

Chinese Super Micro 'spy chip' story gets even more strange as everyone doubles down

6 years ago
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/09/bloomberg_super_micro_china_spy_chip_scandal/

The veracity of a bombshell yarn claiming Chinese agents managed to sneak spy chips into Super Micro servers used by Amazon, Apple and the US government is still being fiercely argued over five days after publication.

On Tuesday, the media outlet behind the claims, Bloomberg, responded to growing criticism of its report by publishing a new, related story about how a "major US telecommunications company" discovered a similar hardware hack in components from the computer manufacturer at the center of the story, Super Micro.